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Texas: A Compact History
$27.95 Add to cartTexas “a whole other country”-a slogan that promotes tourism as much within the Lone Star State as elsewhere-is familiar to native Texans and those adopted sons and daughters who “got here just as qui… [more below]
- Author: McDonald, Archie P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 193333715X
- Language: English
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Last Days of Last Island: The Hurricane of 1856, Louisiana’s First Great Storm
$20.00 Read moreLast Days of Last Island is the most comprehensive account of the great 1856 Isle Derniere hurricane, its aftermath, and its legacy. Dixon includes a complete listing of victims and survivors, numerou… [more below]
- Author: Dixon, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1887366881
- Language: English
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Wild Women of Maryland: Grit & Gumption in the Free State
$23.99 Add to cartDiscover Maryland’s legacy of daring women who made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes.
Maryland’s history is punctuated by women who refused to be forgotten. Sarah
- Author: Silberman, Lauren R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 162619811X
- Language: English
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The Larchmont Disaster Off Block Island: Rhode Island’s Titanic
$21.99 Add to cartOn February 11, 1907, the steamship Larchmont collided with the schooner Harry Knowlton. Thrown from their bunks, passengers of the Larchmont panicked and ran onto the ship’s deck. Haphazardly loaded … [more below]
- Series: Disaster
- Author: Soares, Joseph P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1626197946
- Language: English
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Forgotten Drinks of Colonial New England: From Flips & Rattle-Skulls to Switchel & Spruce Beer
$21.99 Add to cartNew England food and drinks writer Corin Hirsch explores the origins and taste of the favorite potations of early Americans and offers some modern-day recipes to revive them today.
Colonial New England
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Hirsch, Corin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192499
- Language: English
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On This Day in Wyoming History
$14.99 Read moreWyoming might be known as the least populous state, but this land of mountains and prairies is home to enough history to provide an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. On September 6, 1870… [more below]
- Author: Holscher, Patrick T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1626192235
- Language: English
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
$21.99 Add to cart“Enthralling; it is well worth the trip.” —New York Journal of Books
Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever seen, New York’s Blackwell’s Island, site of a lun… [more below]- Author: Horn, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1616209356
- Language: English
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The Tragedy of the Royal Tar: The 1836 Circus Steamship Fire
$12.95 Add to cartOn October 25, 1836, the sidewheel steamer Royal Tar caught fire in Maine’s Penobscot Bay. On board was a small circus menagerie returning to Boston from a summer-long tour of the Canadian Maritimes. … [more below]
- Author: Warner, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 16 2015
- ISBN10: 1608933571
- Language: English
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Haunted St. Paul
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the phantom pig at the Minnesota State Fair to the ghostly gangsters of the Wabasha Street Caves, St. Paul bristles with haunted history. Let the spectral usher of the Mounds Theatre show you to … [more below]
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Lewis, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299339
- Language: English
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Somerville, Massachusetts:: A Brief History
$20.99 Add to cartEnter Somerville, a city packed with stories larger than itself, to salute a heritage that justifies the fierce pride of its citizens. Share a perch on one of Somerville’s celebrated hills with Dee Mo… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Morris, Dee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1596294248
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of North Carolina
$14.99 Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think of North Carolina history? Is it Sir Walter Raleigh, Guilford Courthouse and the Wright Brothers? Or do you think of sea monsters, drunken geese, hitchhiking alligato… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Painter, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2006
- ISBN10: 159629177X
- Language: English
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The Handy American History Answer Book
$49.95 Add to cartTake a walk through the biggest events, the wars, the economic, political, and social forces, the presidents, and lesser-known personalities as well as the sports, music, and entertainment that create… [more below]
- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 11 2015
- ISBN10: 1578594715
- Language: English
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Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of the Natural State
$38.99 Add to cartDozens of different pies on restaurant menus from the Delta to the Ozarks await hungry diners, and almost every delectable creation is a masterpiece of southern baking. Join food writer Kat Robinson o… [more below]
- Author: Robinson, Kat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: November 20 2012
- ISBN10: 1540232832
- Language: English
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Hudson Valley Curiosities: The Sinking of the Steamship Swallow, the Poughkeepsie Seer, the UFOs of the Celtic Stone Chambers and More
$31.99 Add to cartHudson Valley is steeped in mysteries, from Celtic chambers resting in the deep woods of Putnam to Millbrook’s abandoned Bennett College. In the Highlands, Iroquois chief Daniel Nimham gave his life f… [more below]
- Author: Marchese, Allison Guertin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: August 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1540225615
- Language: English
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The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston’s Maritime Beacon
$31.99 Add to cartDouglas Bostick, historian and former director of Save the Light, Inc., recounts the stories of the many lightkeepers and their families who braved meager provisions, low pay and grueling conditions l… [more below]
- Author: Bostick, Douglas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1540218759
- Language: English
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Forgotten Maryland Cocktails: A History of Drinking in the Free State
$35.99 Add to cartUsing historic recipes with modern twists from renowned mixologists, Greg and Nicole Priebe present Maryland s golden age of the cocktail. Recipe cards included for Farmer s Bishop, a Christmas Punch;… [more below]
- Author: Priebe, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: May 18 2015
- ISBN10: 154021298X
- Language: English
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Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay’s Foundation and Future
$35.99 Add to cartCrassostrea virginica, the eastern oyster. These humble bivalves are the living bones of the Chesapeake and the ecological and historical lifeblood of the region. When colonists first sailed these imp… [more below]
- Author: Livie, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: October 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1540212696
- Language: English
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Nordeast Minneapolis: A History
$31.99 Add to cartWhat began as the boom site for the mid-nineteenth-century Upper Midwest lumber industry quickly grew into the town of St. Anthony. In 1872, St. Anthony was annexed by its neighbor, Minneapolis, but t… [more below]
- Author: Day, Holly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: February 23 2015
- ISBN10: 154021236X
- Language: English
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Galveston’s Maceo Family Empire: Bootlegging and the Balinese Room
$31.99 Add to cart- Author: McCaslin, Richard B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: November 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1540212106
- Language: English
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Whidbey Island: Reflections on People & the Land
$31.99 Add to cartFor generations, Whidbey Island’s vivid beauty has made it a home for those drawn in by a rural landscape and thriving communities. Whether native tribes, pioneers, vacationers or retirees, all have e… [more below]
- Author: Guss, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 10 2014
- ISBN10: 1540209334
- Language: English
